Originally posted by victormeldrew Not sure if I understand correctly but, aside from it not being suitable for many subjects, would pixel shift give the same benefits for BW as this kind of BW conversion?
What's pixel shift?
My curiosity in all of this is my fascination with the Leica Monochrome digital camera that costs a bomb! However, I follow a couple of people on flickr who use it, and the results speak for themselves, in the right hands it produces some really nice high quality images.
I then started reading a little about it, why it's monochrome etc, and that lead me to other avenues whereby ppl 'say' they get a nicer higher quality picture from their cameras if the sensor is converted to monochrome etc.
I don't know about that... hence the purpose of this thread, I just wanted to see if anyone here has had their K-5 converted and what they felt about it.
If it's true, that a b&w sensor is in theory (and practice) capable of producing better b&w images natively rather than post processing, I find it odd that in 2016 there are absolutely no other digital cameras to buy with that kind of sensor other than the difficult Leica Monochrome.
I know plenty of people who prefer b&w, indeed a few rolliflex friends who print b&w etc.